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Re: [MacPerl] Re: $_ global

At 11.28 97/2/14, Mark Manning/Metrica wrote:
The Perl book
>clearly states that the value of $_ is replaced in loops
>such as the one you had.

Clarification: the value of VAR in:

        foreach VAR (EXPR) {}

is local to the loop.  When VAR is omitted, it defaults to $_, as in the
example.

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